Phil Galfond releases an update on his Run It Once online poker room project, and although Phase 1 will not be ready for a summer launch, 1,000 lucky blighters will get the opportunity to beta-test the product for real money. 

It was always a puzzle to me why online poker room operators didn’t hire someone who worked on the Full Tilt online poker software. In my mind’s eye, it was, hands down, the most gorgeous looking and customer-focused software ever designed. And yet, we have always gotten, pardon my french – des ordures. 

Is Run It Once Poker about to change all of that?

Phil Galfond is one of the few universally liked and respected professional poker players in the world. Galfond made his name competing in the highest stakes cash games on Full Tilt and PokerStars, before becoming one of the world’s top poker instructors, first through his affiliation with BlueFirePoker and then going solo with Run It Once (RIO).